Decoy (Verb)
Meaning
Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The authorities set up a sting operation to decoy the traffickers into revealing their operation.
- In the world of espionage, spies often use various tactics to decoy their targets into revealing classified information.
- To catch the notorious hacker, cybersecurity experts created a virtual decoy to lure him into their trap.
- The police used a decoy license plate to decoy the stolen car's owner into revealing their location.
- She decoyed her competitors into underestimating her skills by pretending to be less experienced.